Post Rotation Decks Episode 3: Emrakul Rises Again!

Hey, in case you were late to the party, I am making a series of posts called "Post Rotation Decks" where I basically think of an idea for a new deck post rotation, post a decklist I think up on the spot, explain why it's cool, and maybe post a variation.

Emrakul, the Aeons Torn is the most powerful creature ever printed. And when an insanely overpowered card gets printed, everyone tries to think of ways to cheat it into play (see Polymorph). Scars provides us with another card that can get Emrakul into play called Clone Shell. WAAY back on September 5th, I mentioned how this card can be used to snatch an Emrakul. At the time I mentioned Sarkhan the Mad, but the most combolicious color of all time is.... Blue. So I am going to make a blue deck for this combo.

4x Clone Shell
4x Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
4x Augury Owl
4x Sphinx of Jwar Isle

4x Preordain
4x Foresee
4x Deprive
2x See Beyond
4x Jace Beleran
3x Shape Anew

4x Misty Rainforest
4x Scalding Tarn
11x Island
4x Halimar Depths

This deck is your basic combo shell with cards like Preordain, Foresee, Deprive, and See Boyond. However, this combo si a little stranger because we don't want all of the combo in our hands, we want a piece to be on the top of our deck. So, that requires a little more work. I put in Sphinx of Jwar Isle to keep a tab on the top of your library, so as soon as you see Exrakul on top, you can cast your Clone Shell knowing it's going to be a hit. Also, I tossed in Jace Beleran to work with the Sphinx. If you don't see the card you want on top, just go -1 to draw that card and take a new chance at seeing your boom boom on top.

One card I tossed in even though I initially dismissed it is Shape Anew. The only artifact in this deck is Clone Shell, so with Shape Anew, you can do 2 things: first, you can take a risk if you're feeling lucky with your Clone Shell and if you miss, you can cast Shape Anew, which will bring out a fresh newly shaped Clone Shell, giving you another shot at hitting Emrakul. Secondly, if your opponent is lame and doesn't want to kill your clone shell by either attacking into it or refusing to block, this will also kill your Shell and allow you to do all the work yourself.

I don't necessarily think this will be a powerful deck by ay means, but if you don't want to make my mono-green eldrazi ramp deck, which can cast Emrakul in (I side it in against UW control), this is the next best way to get that behemoth of a destructive purple flying... thing... on your side of the battlefield.

Anyways, I am going to hit the hay. Stay tuned as I rack off some other deck ideas floating in my head, you never know what might come next!